POWER consumers will be dealt a double whammy this summer —rotating brownouts and higher electricity rates.

Luis Miguel Aboitiz, president and chairman of the board of Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA), said the power shortage will result in an automatic price increase because of the use of fuel by generating companies.

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